Exa slashes Monitors API price 87% to $2, adds $12K/yr Enterprise tier
What happened
Between the Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 captures of Exa's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Monitors API price cut from $15 to $2 per 1k requests; Enterprise added a disclosed self-serve tier ($12,000/yr, Zero Data Retention, 25 Search QPS) via new 'Upgrade now' CTA, with SOC2/HIPAA, SSO, and custom QPS now gated behind a separate custom/contact-sales tier. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. The current page lists Search at $7 per 1k requests, up to 10 results + $1 per 1k page AI summaries, Agent at $0.01 per search tool call + $0.10 per request (Medium effort), Contents at $1 per 1k pages, per content type + $1 per 1k page AI summaries, Deep Search at $12 per 1k requests, up to 10 results + $1 per 1k requests, additional result above 10 and Monitors at $1 per 1k requests, additional result above 10 + $1 per 1k page AI summaries.
It lands 14 days after Exa's previous change, "Exa drops Deep-Reasoning Search tier and renames Instant to Lite Search" (Oct 26, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Exa launches $4/1k Instant Search, cutting Search entry price from $7" (Oct 5, 2026), "Exa: Free plan first-month credits cut from $30 to $20" (Sep 28, 2026) and "Exa boosts Starter agent concurrency 3→50 and doubles QPS limits" (Sep 7, 2026). Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
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- Monitors, Enterprise, Search · Price−87%$15$2
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitors, Enterprise, Search | Price | $15 | $2 | −87% |
Values as written on Exa's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Exa's pricing page (exa.ai) from Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where monitors, enterprise, search price reads $15 and then $2.
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Exa, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 9, 2026decreaseExa slashes Monitors API price 87% to $2, adds $12K/yr Enterprise tier · this change
- Oct 26, 2026packagingExa drops Deep-Reasoning Search tier and renames Instant to Lite Search
- Oct 5, 2026packagingExa launches $4/1k Instant Search, cutting Search entry price from $7
- Sep 28, 2026packagingExa: Free plan first-month credits cut from $30 to $20
- Sep 7, 2026packagingExa boosts Starter agent concurrency 3→50 and doubles QPS limits
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All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did Exa raise prices in November 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 Exa's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Monitors, Enterprise, Search: $15 → $2 (−87%).
What changed on Exa's pricing page between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026?
Monitors, Enterprise, Search price: $15 → $2 (−87%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Exa change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Exa in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Exa drops Deep-Reasoning Search tier and renames Instant to Lite Search" on Oct 26, 2026; Exa has been tracked since 2024-11-17.